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          Bill No:  SB 1365
          Author:   Corbett (D)
          Amended:  8/20/10
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT
           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  75-0, 8/23/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Public safety:  consumer products

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill updates Californias toy safety  
          statutes to reference the most current versions of federal  
          law and regulations. 

           Assembly Amendments  delete the Senate version of the bill  
          and instead update existing toy safety statutes to reflect  
          changes in federal law.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law prohibits a person from  
          manufacturing, selling, or exchanging, having in his/her  
          possession with intent to sell or exchange, or exposing or  
          offering for sale or exchange to any retailer, any toy that  
          is: 

          1. Contaminated with any toxic substance.

          2. Coated with paints and lacquers containing compounds of  
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             lead of which the lead content is in excess of that  
             permitted by regulations adopted pursuant to the Federal  
             Hazardous Substances Act.

          3. Coated with paints and lacquers containing soluble  
             compounds of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, mercury,  
             selenium, or barium, as identified by specified  
             solubility tests. 

          This bill:

          1. Updates California's toy safety statutes that prohibit  
             the manufacture or sale of any toy that is coated with  
             paints and lacquers containing compounds of lead to  
             reference the lead content permitted by federal  
             regulations adopted pursuant to the Consumer Product  
             Safety Act and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement  
             Act of 2008. 

          2. Updates California's toy safety statutes that prohibit  
             the manufacture or sale of any toy that is coated with  
             paints and lacquers containing soluble compounds of  
             antimony, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, selenium, or barium  
             to include chromium and to reference identification of  
             these compounds by ASTM [American Society for Testing  
             and Materials] International Standard F963-08 "Standard  
             Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety" (ASTM  
             F963). 

           Comments  

          This bill updates existing toy safety statutes to reflect  
          changes in federal law, regulations and standards. In  
          addition, it adds chromium, as identified in the ASTM  
          International Standard, to the list of soluble compounds  
          prohibited in the paints and lacquers of toys. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Tom  
            Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley,  
            Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,  







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            Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,  
            Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller,  
            Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,  
            Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,  
            Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal,  
            Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,  
            Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,  
            Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,  
            Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bill Berryhill, Furutani, Norby,  
            Vacancy, Vacancy


          TSM:mw  8/24/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

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